National Republican., 1887-04-04

said, "To:night" His wife sat next to
She said, ~ am" said, "When did you
become a Christian P' She said, "To-
night" remarked, 'Is this young lady
your daughter," They said, eyes" I
said to her, 'Are you Christian ?"
She said: "Yes." said: "When did you
become Christian'" She said: "To- night"
/ said to them: "Whence came your" They
said: "We are from Charleston, 8. c." I
said: "When did you conner" They said
remainP' "We go to morrow. We have
never been here before, and SHALL never be
here again" / have heard from them since
They are members Of the church Of Jesus
Christ, In good and regular standing, emf
nent for consistency and piety. And so
God has made 1t soul saving church. But
l could tell you Of q tragic scene, when
once at the close of the service / found a
man In one Of these front seats wrought
upon most nightly. l Isaid to him: "What
Is the matters" Hereplled; 81 am cap
tive of strong drink; 1 came from the west;
thought perhaps you could do me some
find there is no hope for me-" said
"Come into this side room and we will talk
together" "Oh, no." he said, ''there's no
need Of my going In; am u lost man;
have beautiful wife; have four beauti-
ful children; had fine profession;
have had a thorough education;
had every opportunity man ever had;
but am captive of strong drink, God
only knows what l suffer" l said: "Be
encouraged; come In here and we'll talk
together about it," 'No," he said, 81
can't come; you can't do me any good.
was on the Hudson River railroad yester-
day, and coming down l resolved never
again to touch a drop Of strong drink.
While l sat there man came ina low
creature-and sat by me. He had whisky
flask, and he said to me: 'Will you take a
drinkT / said no; but, Oh, how wanted
1t and as l said no 1t seemed that the
liquor curled up around the mouth Of the
flask and begged, Take me take me
take mep felt couldn't resist 1t, and
yet was determined not to drink, and /
rushed out on the platform of the car, and
thought would jump of. We were going
at the rate OF forty miles an hour, and
didn't dare to Jump. The paroxysm of
thirst went off, and am here tonight" f"
/ said: "Come In; I'll pray for you and COM
mend you to God" He came In trembling.
Some of you remember. After the service
we walked out and up the street.
| said: "You have an awful strug-
gle. I'll take you into drug
store; perhaps the doctor can give you some
medicine that will help you In your strug.
gle, though, after all, you will have to de-
pend upon the grace OF God" | said to
the doctor "Can you give this man some.
thing to help him In his battle with strong
drink ?" ~ cam" replied the doctor, and
he prepared bottle of medicine. said
"There is no alcohol In this, no strong drinkt''
None at all, said the doctor. show long
will this last ~ inquired. sit will last
him a week." "Oh," said, ''giye us an.
other bottle" We passed out into the
street and stood under the gaslight. 1t was
getting late, and | said to the man 81
must part with you. Put your trust In the
Lord, and He win see you through. You
will make use OF this medicine when the
paroxysm of thirst comes on" A few
weeks passed away, and got letter from
Boston saying "Dear friend, inclose the
money you paid for that medicine. have
thirst for strong drink has entirely
gone away from me. l send yor
two or three newspapers TO show you wha
| have been doing since came to Boston. ~
l opened the newspapers and saw accounts
OF meetings of two or three thousand peo
pie to whom this man had been preaching
righteousness, temperance, and judgment
TO come. l have heard from him again and
again since. He is faithful now, and will
be, know, faithful to the last o, thi
work OF soul saving Would God that ou
OF this audience to-day 500 men might hea
the voice of the Son OF God bidding then
come to glorious resurrection
All the offers Of the Gospel are extende,
to you, 'without money and wlthou
price," and you are conscious of the fac
that these opportunities will soon be gon
forever. The conductor OF rail train wa
telling me of the fact that he was one nigh
standing by his train on side track, hi
train having been switched off so that tn
express train might dart past unhindered
He said while he stood there In the dark
ness, beside his train on the side track, h